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Originally Posted by Erki  "Just another reason"?? Can you name the other reasons why a mother should be ashamed of herself and her ability of birthing? If you'd rather not write them, that's OK too. |
Thought of some more!
Women who end up having cesarean births rather than vaginal ones. You see some posters who are proud to say they had subsequent children vaginally as if the first time they did it "wrong".
Women who bypass the birth process altogether by having abortions. That can, and is for many, an incredibly painful (emotionally) process that leaves alot of guilt and shame.
Yesterday morning, there was a radio program on NPR about Ethiopian women who have obstructed births and as a result of not having the necessary medical interventions, these women become completely incontinent after delivery. Because of the incontinence, they then become shunned from their families and villages. Some of the women, mostly young girls really, end up killing themselves due to the trauma.
I think I'll stop now , I'm starting to feel angry
